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Laim Patent No. 72,441, dated December 24, 186i.

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Beit known that I, Crans P. BACHELDER, of Franklin, in the county of Merrimack, and' State of New Hampshire,have invented a new and improved Device for Raising the Link in Cfoupling Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters o f reference markedthereon. In the drawings- Figure 1 represents a. Vperspective view, andv Figure 2 a'bottoni view of my invention. This invention consists 'of a device for lifting the end'oi` one ofthe ordinary links used in shackling railroad- 'cars, when said link is fastened in a draw-head, and its free end is below the level of the-draw-head inanother car, aswill hereinafter more fully appear.

To enable others to'make and'se my invention, I- will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.-

v represents a carftruck; a represents 'a transverse rod placed'under the endcr'oss-beam ofs'aid truck, and bent'at its ends, so asto form handles, a projecting about at right angles to the body ofthe bar a, and extending'under the side beams ofthe truck. The rod a rests in,sockets, in such manner as to be vibratory. Ii b represent brackets, rigidly attached tothe rod a, at equal distances from the ends thereof, and far enough apart to 'admit of the location of the draw-head o between them. In these brackets are supported rods, al d, capableof slidingtherein.'longitudinall'but not movable invany other direction. The outer ends of the rods d d' are connected the cross-piece e, which slides on the .said rods, and is held between nuts on the outer ends thereof,

andfspiralsprings vkilt on saidrods. `The cross-piece e is directly beneath the link i.

. Operation. .,Itgiswell'known that the ordinary method of shacklingcars with a link and pin is dangerous to the opera'.- tivewlio has tol piace himself-between the ends of the cars. When this mechanism-is made use of, the'operative n'eedonl'y place himself at either side of the car, by the handle a', on forcing which down the cross-piece eis brought-up against the link z', raising it suiiiciently to cause it to enter the draw-head of the other car. The

rods r'ai d, when the collision consequent upon shackling takes place, yield against the spiral springs It and I tht-1s fracture is avoided. v f j Having thus fully described'myinventiqn, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isa

The apparatus for raising links, consisting ofthe cross-bar a, with its handles a' and brackets b, in combination with the rods cl, spiral springs h, and cross-piece e, all operating Asubstantially as and* for the purpose described. v

CYRUS P. BACHELDER.

Witnesses DANIEL Beltman,

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